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Asian shares rise, dollar nurses losses after jobs shock
June 6th, 2016
Asian shares rose on Monday and the dollar dragged itself off its lowest levels in nearly a month after U.S. nonfarm payrolls showed the slowest job growth in more than five years, quashing expectations for a near-term U.S. interest ...
Opec: No Deal Amid Saudi-Iran Stand-Off
June 2nd, 2016
Oil prices have remained flat in early Asian trading, as investors await the outcome of today’s Opec meeting in Vienna. Early this morning, Brent crude was trading at just under $50 a barrel – less than half the level ...
Japanese Stocks Drop as Yen Advances; Oil Near $49 Before OPEC
June 2nd, 2016
Euro climbs to one-week high before ECB policy review Haven assets including gold and U.S. Treasuries rise Japanese stocks fell by the most in a month and the yen strengthened after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held back a widely ...
Asia Stocks Fall With Oil, Copper as Yuan Weakens; Aussie Jumps
June 1st, 2016
Crude oil sinks below $49 before OPEC meets Thursday Korean bonds rally as export slump weighs on the won Asian stocks retreated with commodities and the yuan weakened as Chinese manufacturing data pointed to lackluster growth in the world’s ...
Gold Sinks as Dollar Gets Boost From Yellen; Japan’s Stocks Rise
May 30th, 2016
Yen drops to one-month low as Abe aide signals tax-hike delay Yuan retreats as PBOC sets weakest fixing in five years Gold fell for the ninth day in a row, its longest losing streak in a year, and the ...
Europe lower as markets eye Yellen; Philips Lighting rises at IPO
May 27th, 2016
European stocks were on lower Friday morning as investors looked ahead to comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. IPO for Philips spin-off The pan-European Stoxx 600 index opened 0.2 percent lower on Friday. Basic resources and health care were ...
Brent oil pushes above $50 for first time in nearly seven months
May 26th, 2016
Brent oil futures climbed above $50 a barrel on Thursday for the first time in nearly seven months, boosted after U.S. government figures showed a sharper-than-expected drawdown in crude stocks last week. Brent LCOc1 had climbed 38 cents to ...
HSI, Nikkei lead gains as most Asian markets advance
May 25th, 2016
Asia markets mostly closed higher on Wednesday, with Hong Kong leading gains and several major indexes advancing more than 1 percent each. Japan’s Nikkei 225 closed up 258.59 points, or 1.57 percent, at 16,757.35, with shares receiving an additional boost from ...
Europe to follow Asia’s lead with mixed open; Bayer puts in $62 billion Monsanto bid
May 23rd, 2016
European stocks are expected to open mixed on Monday following a mixed start to the week in Asia after weak Japanese export data and a dip in oil prices. The London FTSE index is called to open 1 point higher ...
Oil Advances to Six-Month High as U.S. Stockpiles Seen Falling
May 17th, 2016
Crude inventories forecast to decline by 3.5 million barrels Unplanned outages in Nigeria and Canada have cut global output Oil advanced to a seven-month high before U.S. government data forecast to show crude stockpiles dropped for a second week, ...
